Untying the Knots of the Church

The Church of Saint Augustine, commonly known as Paoay Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of the municipality of Paoay, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. The earliest historical record of the area dates back to 1593, becoming an Augustinian independent parish in 1686. Building of the present church was started in 1694 by Augustinian friar Father Antonio Estavillo, and it was completed in 1710. After the destruction of the western Roman Empire, the church in the West was a major factor in the preservation of classical civilization.The whole period of the next five centuries was dominated by the struggle between Christianity and Islam throughout the Mediterranean Basin. The battles of Poitiers, and Toulouse preserved the Catholic west, even though Rome itself was ravaged in 850, and Constantinople besieged. Here are pictures of our own made miniature of the church

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About the Writers:
This post was not possible without the group leader Junichi Haraki (who is the photographer) with his groupmates Althea Bernardo and Jenina Juson
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